The basis behind corporate welfare is flawed in and of itself due to the reliance on a corporation for management. The primary responsibility of a corporation running a welfare program is still to the corporation first, and the well-being of the welfare recipients second. Government run individual welfare necessarily has to be the way to go, though there are admittedly lots of problems with how the system is administered now. One example of something of an extreme system of succcessful welfare is that in Switzerland, where a country with the highest per-capita income in the world and cost-of-living to follow suit is still able to provide welfare recipients with enough to survive and function in society. Granted, Switzerland has very high taxes and a direct-democracy government, making it a very uneven comparison, and this is less of an answer than it is an observation, but everyone deserves the support of their government if they need help. Now someone has to come up with a way to provide that support
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